Resting
Do not dismiss me as a crone,
My veins gnarled, my skin punctured.
Windswept.
Drenched by Atlantic waters.
Do not dismiss me as a crone.
I am simply resting here a while
On the branch of a Rowan
Hitching a ride as I sky fall
Returning to source to slumber
Sleeping my way through to spring.
At Imbolc you will glimpse my buds
When the May Queen appears, this crone disappears
For I am Sycamore,
Verdant, vital.
Caitríona Lane – From Drawn to the Light Press Issue 7
Shortlisted for the Eavan Boland Emerging Poet Award 2023, Caitríona is a bilingual Poetry IrelandIntroductions Awardee whose writing practise is inspired by the language of landscape which surrounds her Connemara cottage. Informed by folkloric references her writing is both personal and universal exploring the intersection of human relationship with the natural world, examining the unseen, unsaid; that which is found in the membrane between sea and sky. Influenced by the photographs which she takes on daily walks her writing style is richly visual and lyrical. Her bilingual performance in 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin was warmly received and she is passionate about sharing the Irish language with new audiences both in Ireland and overseas. An award winning poet her work is widely published in literary journals and her debut collection is in development. Caitríona is a Ealaín na Gaeltachta residency recipent at Interface and following that residency she has taken a new writing direction and is composing her own songs As Gaeilge. In 2024 and 2023 she performed at the Pan Celtic National Song Contest in Visual Theatre, Carlow.
Is scríbhneoir agus file dátheangach í Caitríona Lane a bhfuil neart duaiseanna bainte amach aici dá cuid saothair filíochta. Iar- phríomhoide is ea í a bhfuil cónaí uirthi i gConamara. Roghnaigh Éigse Éireann í don tsraith Céadlínte 2022 agus roghnaigh Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin saothair Chaitríona don ghearrliosta 2023 – Eavan Boland Emerging Poet Award. Tá a cuid saothair le léamh sna hirisí ; Poetry Ireland Review, The Loch Raven Review (USA), Galway Review, Aneas, Comhar, Feasta, I mBun Pinn, HOWL, The Storms, The Four Faced Liar, Drawn to the Light Press agus irisí eile. Tá a cuid saothair léirithe aici ar stáitse ag Irish Fest in the Barn, Madison, Wisconsin agus fud fad na hÉireann ó Bhéal Feirste go Ciarraí, ag Cúirt Literature Festival le Saolta Arts, Cork International Short Story Festival, International Literature Festival Dublin, Ionad cultúrtha an Phiarsaigh, Síneadh sa Spidéal, All Saints Heritage Centre, Clonbur, DLR Lexicon studio, National Maritime Museum of Ireland agus go leor áiteanna suimiúla eile, Clifden Arts Festival san áireamh. Ag eascairt as cónaitheacht le Ealaín na Gaeltachta in Interface Inagh i 2022 tá Caitríona tar éis saothar ceoil a fhorbairt agus amhráin nua chumtha dá cuid a chanadh sa chomórtas Náisiúnta / Pan Cheilteach i Visual Theatre , Carlow, 2023, 2024.Tá a céad chnuasach filíochta idir lámha aici.
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